Test 13 · ★★ · Electricity — circuits, switches and safety

Leo says a plastic spoon would make the circuit work. right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leo, plastic spoon · What happens: say, make · To what, where: circuit work · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★★ of lesson 55 «Electricity — circuits, switches and safety» of the world course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 spoon	det
4	plastic	plastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 spoon	amod
5	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 make	aux
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 work	det
9	circuit	circuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 work	compound
10	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
12	right	right	ADV	_	2 says	advmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Leo					right property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	make	would	a plastic spoon	the circuit work					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material work=Product

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, any spoon works

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 works	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 spoon	det
4	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 works	nsubj
5	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	any spoon						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

No, only wooden spoons work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 work	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 work	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 spoons	advmod
4	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 spoons	amod
5	spoons	spoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 work	nsubj
6	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	wooden spoons						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, plastic is a very good conductor of electricity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 conductor	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 conductor	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 conductor	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 conductor	det
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 good	advmod
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 conductor	amod
8	conductor	conductor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 electricity	case
10	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 conductor	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	plastic	a good conductor				of electricity	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, plastic is an insulator and does not conduct

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 insulator	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 insulator	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 insulator	cop
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 insulator	det
6	insulator	insulator	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 conduct	cc
8	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 conduct	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 conduct	advmod
10	conduct	conduct	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 insulator	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	plastic	a insulator					tree rules
2	not conduct	present · do-support	plastic not said here						vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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